London (Ancient And Modern) From The Sanitary And Medical Point Of View

par George Vivian Poore

10 chapitres4h 18mEnglish1889

À propos de ce livre

This little book is an expansion of two addresses delivered in January, 1889. One deals with sanitary issues in London. The other deals with medical issues, mainly through the lives and careers of physicians. Though ancients are included, the main emphasis is upon the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries. - Summary by Book Preface and David Wales

Chapitres (9)

1Chapter 1 - London From The Sanitary Point Of View: Situation; Water Supply; Medieval London

1473

2Ditto: Gardens And Pleasure Grounds

1652

3Ditto: The London 'Death Rate'; Improved Conditions Of Modern London; What Is The Outlook?; Annual Death Rate Per 100,000 Living Children; The Loose Ends Of Our Sanitation

2338

4Chapter 2 - London From The Medical Point Of View: Chaucer's Doctor; Earliest London Practitioners; The Severance Of Medicine And Surgery; The Earliest Medical Act

1273

5Ditto: The College Of Physicians

1512

6Ditto: The Plague

1770

7Ditto: Secret Remedies; The Crusade Against Quackery; Medicine In The Days Of Pepys; The Barber Surgeons; The First Anatomy Lectures; The Apothecaries

1981

8Ditto: The Royal Society; Gresham College; The Earliest Hospitals; The Royal Hospitals; Early Hospital Practice

1948

9Ditto: The Pharmacopoeias; The Rise Of The Medical Schools; Hospitals Built By Public Benevolence; Modern Medical Schools And Examinations; London As A Place Of Study

1458

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